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Rainmaking helped Wilhelmsen spin-out their product into a successful venture

Spinning out tech innovation and scaling them as ventures

Industry: Utilities
Technology: Water Boiler, Venture
Location: Nordics

Brief

Wilhelmsen’s automated boiler water dosing system has gained interest in the market. But scaling it into a venture requires a different set of skills.

Challenges

Minimizing the risk associated with poor boiler water management, Wilhelmsen’s automated boiler water dosing system has gained interest in the market. However, in order to scale the solution, Wilhelmsen needs skills associated with entrepreneurs – ability to iterate, test, and scale the business model to prepare it for growth.

Outcome

A spin-out venture leverages Wilhelmsen's maritime expertise, and Rainmaking’s venture and product development know-how, to spin-out and scale-up existing innovative solutions. Starting with the DigiBoiler as testing ground, with a bigger vision to spin-out products that will benefit the whole industry.